On March 22, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, with four consecutive wins over the Timberwolves, who ranked 6th in the West, on the road to challenge the Lone Rangers who lost 5th in a row in the West. The Lone Ranger opened up the point difference in the second quarter, leading by up to 16 points but was overtaken by the Timberwolves in the final quarter, Doncic made a contribution at a critical moment, and finally the Lone Ranger narrowly defeated the Timberwolves at home 110-108, and the two teams have played three games so far in the regular season, and the Lone Rangers have won 2 and lost 1.
Statistics
Lone Rangers: Powell 22 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 6 fouls, Brunson 15 points, Doncic 15 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 8 turnovers, Bullock 15 points and 7 rebounds, Finney Smith 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Dinwiddie 20 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists;
Timberwolves: Towns 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Russell 16 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Beasley 17 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Edwards 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Prince 17 points, 4 rebounds, Beverley 7 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
The Star of the Field
Dinwiddie scored 20 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists in this campaign, scoring the team's second highest score in the face of the team's core Doncic's sluggish offensive end, helping the team beat the Timberwolves.
Game tidbits
Brunson's three-pointer at halftime was a pity overtime
Beverly provoked Doncic to be rejected
Doncic hit Beverly in the back of the head
Race highlights
Downs sends a big hat
Doncic flew Powell
Dinwiddie went 1 to 2
Towns steals Doncic's dragon chop
Doncic's big three-pointer
Game review
Russell blocked and threw in against the Brock basket, Doncic helped Powell to blow up the basket in return, Beverley burst through the throw, Russell and Bullock had three points, and Powell continued to receive Finney Smith to feed the basket. Towns received Edwards' hanging pass from the basket, Russell chased down three points, Brunson also had three points, and Towns received the ball outside the three steps to catch the ball and run a hook. Vanderbilt counter-attacked a dragon to blow up the basket, and Russell broke through the overtaking Kléber to make a layup.
Powell misaligned from the basket in the face of Beverly put into 2+1, Dinwiddie broke through the scrub after borrowing the block to break the board, Doncic's top arc dribble mistake was snatched by Downs, who ran a dragon to blow up the basket with one arm! Prince's bottom corner three-pointer, Doncic's horseback archery, Norwell's jump shot after the breakup, the first quarter ended, the Timberwolves 29-23 Lone Rangers.
In the second quarter, Bullock returned green to follow up with a layup, Dinwiddie chased after a three-point chase, and Wolves countered Reid in multiple lines to quickly catch the ball and split the ball. Dinwiddie scored two breaks into the basket, Powell went down to pick up Nilikina's dunk, Prince scored a three-pointer, and Brunson's high jumper returned. Reid didn't have three points, Norwell went straight to the penalty area to make up for the dunk, Reed's bottom corner three-pointer, Doncic broke through the basket, and then his back was cut off by Russell, who picked up the ball and scored.
Finney Smith, Edwards and Beasley scored three points, Bullock also hit three points, Finney Smith pointed to the Downs to shoot straight to the basket, Prince hooked up to Doncic, and then shot a three-point shot at Towns, Prince shot in a big open three-pointer, and Brunson shook and faked a score. Halftime ended with the Timberwolves 54-60 Mavericks.
Easy side fight again, Doncic arc top three-point shot, Finney Smith pushed a dragon forward, Brock bottom corner three-pointer also has, Doncic broke through the high throw to Powell to catch the basket, the Lone Ranger 70-54 lead 16 points! Beverley broke through and didn't, but Towns followed up with a violent dunk, followed by a three-pointer, Vanderbilt also scored a basket, and the Timberwolves chased into single digits. Bullock broke the ball and countered a dragon, Russell broke through the middle of the block and threw in the middle, and Brunson also threw a throw in return.
Finney Smith and Edwards scored three points, and Doncic also had three points against Downs, but Edwards also scored a three-point shot against Kleber! Dinwiddie broke through the pile, McLaughlin hit the board to throw, Edwards broke through to the European step layup, Kléber received the ball in three seconds, Beasley chased down the two-point shot, and the third quarter ended, the Timberwolves 81-86 Lone Rangers.
In the final quarter, Dinwiddie carried Beasley to the basket and threw in, Bullock received a three-pointer in the bottom corner, Prince quickly received the ball against Kleber to advance, and Dinwiddie rebounded in front of the free throw line and jumped to hit. The two teams went to the free throw line to score points, Towns scored a three-pointer in the front, Edwards Europe stepped on the basket, and the Timberwolves chased for 3 points! Doncic's advance suddenly accelerated and then helped Powell score in the air, and brunson broke through the confrontation and threw in. Doncic singled out Beverly's missing shot but was suspected of being ignored by the referee for a foul, Towns broke through to open Finney Smith to advance, and then Beverly broke Doncic's three-point shot, and the Timberwolves chased to 99 draws!
Beverly helped Beverly cut the dunk again, Smith and Doncic broke through the whistle in a row, the Lone Ranger led by one point again, and then Doncic helped Smith to shoot a three-point shot in the bottom corner of the corner, and the Timberwolves stopped. Towns broke through to complete the block against Doncic, Bullock's bottom corner was released three points again, and then the Lone Ranger's key attack doncic dribbled to Russell's foot and almost made a mistake, but the attack time was close to 24 seconds, he rushed to go beyond the three-point miss, and in the last 10.3 seconds, Beverley was fouled and killed two free throws and fouled Doncic, the Lone Ranger narrowly defeated the Timberwolves!
Both sides started
Timberwolves: Edwards, Vanderbilt, Towns, Russell, Beverley;
Lone Rangers: Doncic, Brunson, Finney Smith, Bullock, Powell